New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-27
DONE WITH PROHIBITION.
AFTER LONG DRY SPELL ATLANTA IS
WET AGAIN.

WEI hOAlN.
MEN MADE SPEECHES AND WOMEN PRAYED. WHILE
ALL FORGOT THE COLOR LINE IN THE HUNT
FOR coLOaED voTEs-sUCH ANOTHER CAN
VAss WAS NEVER KNOWN IN DIXIE.
1Br TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSE.J
ATLANTA Nov. 26-At early dawn band, Of
women stationed themselves near the six polls
"' "hlch the people were to vote
| upon the question OF tho sale of liquor
s'e nrst ballots began falln. into the bo1os tho
"s"ea began singing familiar Methodist hynns All day
opg 'ho most remarkable scenes followed White women
engage" IN eonversateA with negroes urging them
10 aepost their ballots against the sao At ono pre-
c'hct was gathered representative bevy OF women
one GIRL chubby faced blond and buseyed stood lean
lug HsAihst door-post while with twined around
ner white ssters waist stood a colsred IIebe whose
hne proportions wero admired by all the men who
p''ou. As white and black posed In siserly embrace
colored dudes hat In hand stood in the front yard
psg the usual compliments Of the Just
the gate stood huge black with his back against
VIC oncc In 'front.' OF him stood white woman patting
MIN Oh hs breast and begging him to for Jesus"
ccLLUD FOXES rs GOOD rs DE WHITES
An OH negro who happened to be pasn. threw up his
hsHos as ne looked upon the scene and exclaimed:
Bless de Lawd; rsc lived to dc cullud folks as
good as dc whites"
" Is proper however to say that the ladiss who en-
gaged In this business arc not representative Of
IN beins found In such surroundings is not
approved by the people Of the cy As carly at o'clock
voters Desan TO conscgate about the voting aces and
us SAID that not few spcnt the night at the polls
"heh tho town clock struck 7 the ballotins began
Inc Ants Haunted big placards which said, Bring
property back to Atlanta; vote for tho sale
Inc Prohibits said For Protection"
band OF nttc girls wearing Dluo badge,
marched up to the Courthouse at 1890 o'clock and sang
several hymns sensation caused by their appear
SPEECH BY THE Hon. BILL MICKLEBERRY
In the Fourth Ward at llI5 tho Hon
BIZ Micklsbcrry addressed an excited crowd OF
cosred people. saying that tho Prohibitioalsts
had shot negro down town and urging
them all TO vote the wet ticket Tie crowd was disor.
uery Inc policemen OIL the ground sont for reinforce
mshts 1t looked like riot at this time. Mioklcberry
mounted a carriage and said:
lhey are preventing colered people from voting by
challenging, and no whites challenged"
Inc announcement that Mayer Cooper hal voted the
dry ticket raised shout amosE the blue ribbon. Dr.
Ha"thorns vote was CHALLENGED by j. T. Lester
IL oelnS alleged that ne lived Norcross The Doctor
was indignant At what he called an intentional
Insult. and took tho required oath aud
Vs'ed During tho nsrning several women
and girls assembled near tho voting place
mere were about fifteen altogether assem-
bled, ani the voters would march
up 10 the polls they would sing songs Bringing
In the sheave' Jesus VIII Garry You Through" etc
Directly behind the and girls who
we're singing was large sign posted on the door OF
former wins rsom-" Michigan beer ice"
CESSATION or HosrrLrTIEs
Tie fight was a bitter one. The Piedmont exposition
dld not close un' October - and both Sides agreed
hat during the progress Of the exposition nothing hat
ever should lo done by either side as It would n,al
The unity Of tie citizens in their enthusiastic support
Of the exposition. This over both sides plunged
INTO the hsm ~:h Wonderful activity.
In two days after the exposition had been closed
Tho fight Was on the city In all ts fury and excited
moro Interest and activity than had been shown
In canvas before iu this city For over month
tho citizens have been engaged In The contest Meet
ings have been held almost every night and local
speakcs foreign statesmen have stunned the
county from almost every curbstonc ia the city aud
eNcry cross road IN the woods.
BROTHER GRADY oN THE oxr nANr,
Larry In the canvass tho rrohibtonlsts leased the
largest warehouse IN tho city and ntioI Il up with
seats Tor 5000 people Almost nightly that building
has been filed and such scene, ~ Wild enthusiasm
arc rarely witnessed Among tie prominent Pro-
hlbition srcakcrs who plunged icArlessly into tho
hghi early Ia the campaign were United states senator
4. II Colqultt and H. ". Grady. These were assisted
by almost every minister IN the city who preachod
prohibition from their pulplts sunday after sunday
To deeply interested congrcagion Prominent among
Rev. Drs J. Il. IIowbornc, H. G. Morrison and J. W.
Ire" These three entered into the fight with wonder
ful zeal spoke night after night, and In almost every
precinct IN the county.
AND BgorHrE HOWELL oN THE OTHER
The most prominent leaders Of tho Ants were scna
tor Joseph l. ErOwn Captain f. T. Howell and Captain
John b. Goodwin Both sides had fun campaign funds
and managed their respective for all they
worth The negro vote was tho bone OF contention
att1t 10 l... 81
most strenuous cudcayors TO secure H. The negroes
were considerably divided tho subject. though
majority of them voted with the anti Prohbtonsts.
ono Of the feature, OF the contest has been tho artvc
part taken by many Of the city several Of tho
churches organized committees from among their fc
male members who took active part I'm the canvass
They organized the Of tho coorcd churches into
societies and met With them and prayed with them day
after day The result of their work was shown to-day
by the appearance Of largo numbers Of women at the
polls with blue badges. Thcy served hot coffee and
sandwiches every polling place and conducted prayer
meetings and singing cru,adcs Ia the open air
THERE WAS DEorTH LAST YEAR.
Fulton County I'm which Atlanta is located, voted two
ago the question and went for prohibition
10y a majority Of 22s out Of about 1000 votes. Tho
registration this time exceeds that Of last year by 1000
votes and this excess gave the doubtful figures for
either side to estimate on during tho campaign
The principal fight madc on Prohibition during tho
campaign that 1t did not prohibit and that ntoAl-
eating drinks could be openly purchased In a number
Of places throughout the city, which paid taxes To the
tntcd States Government for the sale Of whskey
Thousands OF gallons have been sent In each month
from cities around Atlanta from which 1t was almost
easy to get jug as 1t was at bars In the city Inc
Ants conendcd that Prohibition injured the city which
was yielding $4,000 year In whiskcy licenses with
out decreasing I'm the slightest tho amount Of wh>key
sold In the city The Prohlbtlonlsts, ON the othcr
hand, man aimed that Atlanta had never had Prohib
tlon that while voted years ago the licenses
then existing did not prc some OF them, unt almost
wear ago and that since that time the domestic wine
clause In the oc option bill allowed many places In
tho city bv which the law could be evadcd This was,